Feels weird defending VC's but here we go: I'm not sure what your experience is dealing with actual VC's? Are you a founder?
In my experience with some top tier VC's none of the above is true. At least none of the VC partners I work with has ever even suggested "lying to customers", "making up numbers" or anything like that.
Sure, looking bigger than you are is useful. Not airing dirty laundry. Also aggressively going after customers is normal. But this is normal for any business.
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Feels weird defending VC's but here we go: I'm not sure what your experience is dealing with actual VC's? Are you a founder?
In my experience with some top tier VC's none of the above is true. At least none of the VC partners I work with has ever even suggested "lying to customers", "making up numbers" or anything like that.
Sure, looking bigger than you are is useful. Not airing dirty laundry. Also aggressively going after customers is normal. But this is normal for any business.